CASCADE HEAT PUMP AND METHOD FOR HEATING OR COOLING A COOLANT BY MEANS OF A CASCADE HEAT PUMP

    公开(公告)号:US20230184468A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-06-15

    申请号:US18077735

    申请日:2022-12-08

    IPC分类号: F25B30/00 F25B41/40

    摘要: In order to provide a cascade heat pump with which a large temperature lift can be provided with high efficiency, a cascade heat pump comprising n stages where n≥2 is proposed. Each of the n stages has a heat pump with a coolant inlet, a first coolant outlet, and a second coolant outlet. Each heat pump has a hot side and a cold side and a flow divider to divide a coolant flow entering the coolant inlet between the hot side and the cold side. The first coolant outlet of the heat pump of each stage i, where i=1 . . . n−1, is connected to the coolant inlet of the heat pump of a subsequent stage i+1. The second coolant outlet of the heat pump of at least one subsequent stage i+1 is connected by a recirculation line to the coolant inlet of the heat pump of a preceding stage.

    Refrigeration cycle apparatus
    3.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US10816242B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-10-27

    申请号:US16097898

    申请日:2016-07-29

    摘要: A refrigeration cycle apparatus includes a refrigerant circuit in which a compressor, a first heat exchanger, an expansion mechanism, and a second heat exchanger are connected by pipes. The first heat exchanger includes a first refrigerant passage and a second refrigerant passage that share a plurality of fins with each other and provided in parallel in the refrigerant circuit. The apparatus further includes a high-and-low-pressure switching mechanism which is located on an inlet side of the second refrigerant passage of the first heat exchanger in flowing of refrigerant in an operation in which the first heat exchanger functions as a condenser, and which performs switching between flow directions of the refrigerant. The apparatus further includes a refrigerant blocking mechanism located on an outlet side of the second refrigerant passage of the first heat exchanger in the flowing of the refrigerant in the operation, and which blocks the flowing of the refrigerant.

    A MECHANO-CALORIC STAGE WITH INNER AND OUTER SLEEVES

    公开(公告)号:US20200217567A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-07-09

    申请号:US16242060

    申请日:2019-01-08

    IPC分类号: F25B23/00 F25B30/00

    摘要: A mechano-caloric stage includes an elongated outer sleeve. An elongated inner sleeve is disposed within the elongated outer sleeve. A pair of pistons is received within the elongated inner sleeve. Each of the pair of pistons is positioned at a respective end of the elongated inner sleeve. The pair of pistons are moveable relative to the elongated inner sleeve. A mechano-caloric material is disposed within the elongated inner sleeve between the pair of pistons. The mechano-caloric material is compressible between the pair of pistons.

    Heat pump, small power station and method of pumping heat

    公开(公告)号:US10473368B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-11-12

    申请号:US15071534

    申请日:2016-03-16

    摘要: A heat pump includes a first portion for evaporating a working fluid at a first pressure, for compressing the evaporated working fluid to a second, higher pressure, and for liquefying the compressed working fluid within a liquefier, and a second portion for compressing liquid working fluid to a third pressure, which is higher than the second pressure, for evaporating the working fluid compressed to the third pressure, for relaxing the evaporated working fluid to a pressure, which is lower than the third pressure, so as to generate electrical current, and for liquefying relaxed evaporated working fluid within the liquefier.

    THERMOSTAT WITH USER INTERFACE FEATURES
    6.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20190277530A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-09-12

    申请号:US16292020

    申请日:2019-03-04

    摘要: A controller for controlling an environmental condition of a building via building equipment includes a user interface configured to present information to a user, an air quality sensor configured to sense indoor air quality conditions, a communications interface configured to communicate with a server system and receive outdoor air quality data from the server system, and a processing circuit. The processing circuit is configured to generate indoor air quality data based on the sensed indoor air quality data conditions sensed by the air quality sensor, receive, via the communications interface, the outdoor air quality data from the server system, and generate one or more interfaces indicating the indoor air quality conditions and the outdoor air quality conditions based on the indoor air quality data and the outdoor air quality data and cause the user interface to display the one or more interfaces.

    Four-process cycle for a Vuilleumier heat pump

    公开(公告)号:US10030893B2

    公开(公告)日:2018-07-24

    申请号:US15037493

    申请日:2014-11-18

    申请人: ThermoLift, Inc.

    发明人: Peter Hofbauer

    摘要: A four-process cycle is disclosed for a Vuilleumier heat pump that has mechatronically-controlled displacers. Vuilleumier heat pumps that use a crank to drive the displacers have been previously developed. However, mechatronic controls provides a greater degree of freedom to control the displacers. The four-process cycle provides a higher coefficient of performance than prior cycles in the crank-driven Vuilleumier heat pump and those previously disclosed for a mechatronically-driven Vuilleumier heat pump.